: Hey,
: I was reading about celtic mythology and I found out some
: gusy name Firbolg (yes, like in Myth games), Firbolgs
: came form Ireland tough, and htey have nothing to do
: with archers.
: Has anyone found any name in other mythologies ?
Well spotted. Yes, Myth seems to have had quite a lot of influences from Celtic myth. Apparently, there was a city in Ireland called Muirthemne, Maeldun was a celtic hero who made an epic quest against pirates from Leix, I'm pretty sure that someone has a theory that the later parts of TFL are based on the Tain Bo Cuillagh (sp?), with Alric and Balor being symbolic of Medb and Cucullain respectively. Balor was the leader of the Fomorians in Celtic myth, a race who drove the Fir'bolg into the West (Trow?). The Ghols worship Crom Cruagh, a Celtic worm god. And Connaught is a province in Ireland. I'm pretty sure some of the other Avatara are named after heroes of Celtic myth, but I'm not sure where.
There's some references to Norse Myth as well, although not so many. The Trow were a race of sea-trolls from the Orkneys. And virtually every single Dwarf name in Myth is borrowed from the Norse, too.
